The 2026 Le Tours 45 CarGurus, also called the CarGurus 45, was the tenth stock car race of the 2026 NASCAR Canada Series. The race was held on Sunday, August 9, at Circuit Trois-Rivières, a 1.521 mi (2.448 km) street circuit in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The race weekend featured a pair of sprint races, the Omnifab Sprints, inspired by The Duel at Daytona, to set the starting lineup. Due to encountering mechanical issues, Kevin Lacroix, who had led the opening twenty-one laps, was forced to retire, handing the lead to Marc-Antoine Camirand, who would lead for the remainder of the race and score the win. L. P. Dumoulin finished the race in second and Alex Guenette rounded out the podium in third.
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Background The Circuit Trois-Rivières is a street circuit in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The circuit has been the home of the annual Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, the longest-running street race in North America, since 1967.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
#DriverTeamMake04J. F. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge1Jean-Philippe BergeronProlon Racing TeamFord3Connor Bell (R)Ed Hakonson RacingChevrolet7Raphaël LessardDJK RacingDodge8Justin ArseneauEd Hakonson RacingChevrolet9Mathieu KingsburyInnovation Auto SportChevrolet17D. J. KenningtonDJK RacingDodge24Jared Odrick (R)BC Race CarsFord27Andrew RangerInnovation Auto SportChevrolet36Alex LabbéLL MotorsportsChevrolet37Simon Dion-ViensSDV AutosportDodge39Alex GuenetteJASS Racing with XEMIS RacingChevrolet45Will Larue (R)Larue MotorsportsChevrolet47L. P. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge50Vittorio GhirelliDumoulin CompétitionChevrolet53Herby DrescherHerby MotorsportsDodge54Dave CoursolCoursol PerformanceDodge55Serge BordeauBCM MotorsportsDodge69Domenic ScrivoMBS MotorsportsChevrolet73Donald TheetgeTheetge MotorsportsChevrolet74Kevin LacroixInnovation Auto SportChevrolet75Benoît CoutureBCM MotorsportsDodge80Alex TaglianiTheetge MotorsportsChevrolet83Martin Goulet Jr. (R)Goulet MotorsportsChevrolet84Larry JacksonLarry Jackson RacingDodge87Sam FellowsFellows McGraw RacingChevrolet88Simon CharbonneauEighty8 RacingChevrolet93Jacques Guenette Sr. (R)JASS Racing with XEMIS RacingChevrolet94Sylvain Ouellet (R)Theetge MotorsportsChevrolet96Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet
Practice Practice was held on Saturday, August 7, at 8:40 AM EST. Alex Labbé set the fastest time with a lap of 1:08.196 and a speed of 80.292 mph (129.217 km/h). Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed136Alex LabbéLL MotorsportsChevrolet1:08.19680.292296Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet1:08.20280.285327Andrew RangerInnovation Auto SportChevrolet1:08.24180.239Full practice results
Qualifying and Sprints
Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 7, at 12:00 PM EST. Qualifying determined the front row and the Omnifab Sprints starting lineup, and the sprints set the lineup for the race. Kevin Lacroix secured the pole for the sprint and main event with a lap of 1:08.256 and a speed of 80.222 mph (129.105 km/h), while Marc-Antoine Camirand secured second for main event and pole for the sprint with a lap of 1:08.267 and a speed of 80.209 mph (129.084 km/h). Camirand and Lacroix both won their sprints from the pole.
Qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed174Kevin LacroixInnovation Auto SportChevrolet1:08.25680.222296Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet1:08.26780.209327Andrew RangerInnovation Auto SportChevrolet1:08.28480.189488Simon CharbonneauEighty8 RacingChevrolet1:08.29580.176539Alex GuenetteJASS Racing with XEMIS RacingChevrolet1:08.44879.996636Alex LabbéLL MotorsportsChevrolet1:08.62379.792750Vittorio GhirelliDumoulin CompétitionChevrolet1:08.63779.776847L. P. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge1:08.70179.702980Alex TaglianiTheetge MotorsportsChevrolet1:08.74179.6561045Will Larue (R)Larue MotorsportsChevrolet1:09.07479.2721187Sam FellowsFellows McGraw RacingChevrolet1:09.24679.0751217D. J. KenningtonDJK RacingDodge1:09.35578.9501304J. F. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge1:09.38778.914149Mathieu KingsburyInnovation Auto SportChevrolet1:09.42178.875157Raphaël LessardDJK RacingDodge1:09.51878.765163Connor Bell (R)Ed Hakonson RacingChevrolet1:09.55578.7231773Donald TheetgeTheetge MotorsportsChevrolet1:09.60978.662188Justin Arseneau (R)Ed Hakonson RacingChevrolet1:09.67478.589191J. P. BergeronProlon Racing TeamFord1:10.32677.8602054Dave CoursolCoursol PerformanceDodge1:10.55377.6302137Simon Dion-ViensSDV AutosportDodge1:10.64877.5052253Herby DrescherHerby MotorsportsDodge1:10.94577.1812383Martin Goulet Jr. (R)Goulet MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.04277.0762469Domenic ScrivoMBS MotorsportsChevrolet1:12.26675.7702594Sylvain Ouellet (R)Theetge MotorsportsChevrolet1:12.50775.5182675Ben CoutureBCM MotorsportsDodge1:12.61675.4052755Serge BordeauBCM MotorsportsDodge1:12.75275.2642893Jacques Guenette Sr. (R)JASS Racing with XEMIS RacingChevrolet1:16.23571.8252984Larry JacksonLarry Jackson RacingDodge1:17.44970.6993024Jared Odrick (R)BC Race CarsFord––Full qualifying results
Sprint 1 results PosSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPoints1196Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet1515Running52336Alex LabbéLL MotorsportsChevrolet150Running43447L. P. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge150Running34617D. J. KenningtonDJK RacingDodge150Running25545Will Larue (R)Larue MotorsportsChevrolet150Running1698Justin ArseneauEd Hakonson RacingChevrolet150Running07288Simon CharbonneauEighty8 RacingChevrolet150Running0888Connor Bell (R)Ed Hakonson RacingChevrolet150Running091153Herby DrescherHerby MotorsportsDodge150Running01079Mathieu KingsburyInnovation Auto SportChevrolet150Running0111524Jared Odrick (R)BC Race CarsFord150Running0121269Domenic ScrivoMBS MotorsportsChevrolet140Running0131375Ben CoutureBCM MotorsportsDodge140Running0141493Jacques Guenette Sr. (R)JASS Racing with XEMIS RacingChevrolet140Running0151054Dave CoursolCoursol PerformanceDodge70DNF0Official race results
Sprint 2 Results PosSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPoints1174Kevin LacroixInnovation Auto SportChevrolet1515Running52227Andrew RangerInnovation Auto SportChevrolet150Running43580Alex TaglianiTheetge MotorsportsChevrolet150Running34339Alex GuenetteJASS Racing with XEMIS RacingChevrolet150Running25450Vittorio GhirelliDumoulin CompétitionChevrolet150Running1687Raphaël LessardDJK RacingDodge150Running07704J. F. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge150Running08687Sam FellowsFellows McGraw RacingChevrolet150Running09101J. P. BergeronProlon Racing TeamFord150Running0101137Simon Dion-ViensSDV AutosportDodge150Running0111283Martin Goulet Jr. (R)Goulet MotorsportsChevrolet150Running0121394Sylvain Ouellet (R)Theetge MotorsportsChevrolet150Running0131455Serge BordeauBCM MotorsportsChevrolet140Running014973Donald TheetgeTheetge MotorsportsChevrolet90DNF0151584Larry JacksonLarry Jackson RacingDodge40DNF0Official race results
Starting lineup Pos.#DriverTeamMakeNotes174Kevin LacroixInnovation Auto SportChevroletFastest in pole qualifying, Sprint 2 winner296Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevroletSecond in pole qualifying, Sprint 1 winner327Andrew RangerInnovation Auto SportChevroletSecond in Sprint 2436Alex LabbéLL MotorsportsChevroletSecond in Sprint 1580Alex TaglianiTheetge MotorsportsChevroletThird in Sprint 2647L. P. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodgeThird in Sprint 1739Alex GuenetteJASS Racing with XEMIS RacingChevroletFourth in Sprint 2817D. J. KenningtonDJK RacingDodgeFourth in Sprint 1950Vittorio GhirelliDumoulin CompétitionChevroletFifth in Sprint 21045Will Larue (R)Larue MotorsportsChevroletFifth in Sprint 1117Raphaël LessardDJK RacingDodgeSixth in Sprint 2128Justin ArseneauEd Hakonson RacingChevroletSixth in Sprint 11304J. F. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodgeSeventh in Sprint 21488Simon CharbonneauEighty8 RacingChevroletSeventh in Sprint 11587Sam FellowsFellows McGraw RacingChevroletEighth in Sprint 2163Connor Bell (R)Ed Hakonson RacingChevroletEighth in Sprint 1171J. P. BergeronProlon Racing TeamFordNinth in Sprint 21853Herby DrescherHerby MotorsportsDodgeNinth in Sprint 11937Simon Dion-ViensSDV AutosportDodgeTenth in Sprint 2209Mathieu KingsburyInnovation Auto SportChevroletTenth in Sprint 12183Martin Goulet Jr. (R)Goulet MotorsportsChevroletEleventh in Sprint 22284Larry JacksonLarry Jackson RacingDodgeFifteenth in Sprint 22369Domenic ScrivoMBS MotorsportsChevroletTwelfth in Sprint 12454Dave CoursolCoursol PerformanceDodgeFifteenth in Sprint 12593Jacques Guenette Sr. (R)JASS Racing with XEMIS RacingChevroletFourteenth in Sprint 12673Donald TheetgeTheetge MotorsportsChevroletFourteenth in Sprint 22794Sylvain Ouellet (R)Theetge MotorsportsChevroletTwelfth in Sprint 22824Jared Odrick (R)BC Race CarsFordEleventh in Sprint 12955Serge BordeauBCM MotorsportsDodgeThirteenth in Sprint 23075Benoît CoutureBCM MotorsportsDodgeThirteenth in Sprint 1
Race results PosSt#DriverTeamManufacturerLapsLedStatusPoints1296Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet4524Running582647L. P. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge450Running453739Alex GuenetteJASS Racing with XEMIS RacingChevrolet450Running454327Andrew RangerInnovation Auto SportChevrolet450Running445117Raphaël LessardDJK RacingDodge450Running396128Justin ArseneauEd Hakonson RacingChevrolet450Running3872673Donald TheetgeTheetge MotorsportsChevrolet450Running3781937Simon Dion-ViensSDV AutosportDodge450Running3691304J. F. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge450Running3510950Vittorio GhirelliDumoulin CompétitionChevrolet450Running35112454Dave CoursolCoursol PerformanceDodge450Running33122284Larry JacksonLarry Jackson RacingDodge450Running3213163Connor Bell (R)Ed Hakonson RacingChevrolet450Running31141488Simon CharbonneauEighty8 RacingChevrolet450Running30152593Jacques Guenette Sr. (R)JASS Racing with XEMIS RacingChevrolet450Running29163075Benoît CoutureBCM MotorsportsDodge450Running28172794Sylvain Ouellet (R)Theetge MotorsportsChevrolet440Running27181045Will Larue (R)Larue MotorsportsChevrolet390Electrical28192183Martin Goulet Jr. (R)Goulet MotorsportsChevrolet380Running2520209Mathieu KingsburyInnovation Auto SportChevrolet360Accident24212955Serge BordeauBCM MotorsportsDodge350Mechanical23222824Jared Odrick (R)BC Race CarsFord340Accident2223436Alex LabbéLL MotorsportsChevrolet300Mechanical2524580Alex TaglianiTheetge MotorsportsChevrolet290Accident2325171J. P. BergeronProlon Racing TeamFord290Engine1926174Kevin LacroixInnovation Auto SportChevrolet2221Mechanical24271853Herby DrescherHerby MotorsportsDodge140Electrical17281587Sam FellowsFellows McGraw RacingChevrolet130Accident1629817D. J. KenningtonDJK RacingDodge100Mechanical17302369Domenic ScrivoMBS MotorsportsChevrolet90Accident16
Standings after the race PosDriverPoints1Marc-Antoine Camirand455 12L. P. Dumoulin379 (–76) 13Kevin Lacroix367 (–88)4D. J. Kennington340 (–115)5Connor Bell332 (–123) 16Donald Theetge327 (–128) 17Alex Tagliani319 (–136) 18Larry Jackson308 (–147) 19Will Larue307 (–148)10Andrew Ranger302 (–153)
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